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MIG3: The Meints Index to Glorantha

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • January 15th, 2024

The definitive guide to Glorantha guides.

Here's the Thing
Fallout 4's Sole Survivor and their dog stare towards the last rays of the setting sun underneath a decrepit billboard.

Surviving Fallout 4

By Rob Rich • January 11th, 2024

Fallout 4 has a bit of a reputation for being exceptionally mediocre at best, but a new outlook and approach to the 2015 title has turned it into Rob’s latest obsession.

Forms in Light
A screenshot from Alan Wake 2 shows the titular character standing in the middle of a rainy downtown main street wearing a blue and yellow FBI jacket.

Best Architecture in Games

By Justin Reeve • January 10th, 2024

A short, concise and mostly unordered list of the best level design and environmental art of the year.

I Played It, Like, Twice...
A crop from the cover for Ni no Kuni 2 the board game, with the title text laid over a cartoon image of a long dragon soaring through a partly cloudy sky over a quaint city below

A Question of Influence: Building Your Kingdom in Ni no Kuni II: The Board Game

By Orrin Grey • January 9th, 2024

In some ways, however, the simplicity of Ni no Kuni II: The Board Game is also part of its strength. It’s a game that’s easy to learn and quick to play. In a world full of overly complex titles packed with fiddly little tokens and pieces, it almost feels old-fashioned.

Noah's Beat Box
Close up on an old-school boom box – silver finish, round speaker screens, tape deck in the center.

Hip Hop at Fifty

By Noah Springer • January 9th, 2024

After stepping back from the contemporary, Noah reflects a bit more on the different eras of hip hop and what they mean to him.

How to Write Adventure Modules that Don’t Suck

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • January 8th, 2024

Goodman Games, killin’ it as always.

Area of Effect

Space at Sea

By Jay Castello • January 5th, 2024

The oceans are a space of freedom, terror, traversal, piracy, exploration, exploitation, warfare, monsters, beauty, death and a thousand other things depending on their social context.

Rookie of the Year
Lana Del Rey perches atop a piano, microphone in hand. A man in a baby blue suit tickles the ivories.

Lana Del(’s) Rey

By Matt Marrone • January 4th, 2024

The spirit of the Newport Folk Festival is all about the music, from the morning sets to the closers, not all about Lana.

Here Be Monsters
A screenshot from Silent Hill shows protagonist James running into the misty distance.

It’s an Evil Effing Room: Level Design in Horror

By Emma Kostopolus • January 3rd, 2024

In thinking about horror level design, we can work to uncover a lot of the general horror philosophy behind some of our most beloved franchises.

Exploits Feature

The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

By Autumn Wright • January 2nd, 2024

While The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes is a coming-of-age drama without any action – all its conflict is psychological – it still invokes all these tropes.

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